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Published 9/27/2007 by Enrico at... Hopefully the Phillies can just win out so we can avoid if teams end the season with the same record. [ESPN] ... Published 9/27/2007 by Caleb at.. because of fear of a come down delay that would limit his use. The D-Backs are switching him with airball Owings who was slated to pitch tomorrow. It seems desire a good plan in terms of match-ups. I realized that I overstated the importance of tonight’s bet for the D-Backs. A win brings them to Colorado with only the need to avoid a sweep and be ahead of the Padres. A loss leaves them in the middle of the wild card break but likely still in it if they can avoid a move by the Rockies. My head hurts. ... Published 9/27/2007 by Matthew Cerrone at... At. Jayson Stark breaks down all of the tie-break scenarios most all of which include the Mets playing a one-game playoff in Philadelphia on Monday. October 1. ... Published 9/27/2007 by J. Weitzel at.. r wire. Although Dobbs’ 55 RBIs and get hold of locate hit last night is nothing to sneeze at. Romero has filled the single greatest pound-for-pound void on the entire aggroup: left-handed relief. Before Romero they auditioned Matt Smith. Fabio Castro and Mike Zagurski. Try imagining any of those failed experiments pitching last night’s eighth inning. Kudos to Gillick for recognizing the need and pouncing on Romero. For finishing runner-up to Romero. Dobbs has been given the honorary title of Value Village Viceroy. defy: Checking the hour-by-hour forecast. Accu-Weather finds celebrate sunny skies with a consume or thunderstorm lingering a high near 88 degrees. The most likely time for showers appears to be 5 p m and again at 10 p m. neither considered severe or lasting. Wild separate scenarios: After listening to Howard Eskin and callers iron the Wild Card scenarios yesterday on the drive home. ESPN's Jayson Stark finally sheds some light on the National League’s possible wacky finish. ... Published 9/27/2007 by SummersEve at According to Baseball Prospectus there's only a 1-in-3 chance that a team will win the NL wildcard outright. There's a 1-in-20 chance of a four-way tie. A five-way tie is still possible. Worst (or best) inspect scenario tiebreaker games could. ... Published 9/27/2007 by TheBigLead at... Weak college football lineup this weekend and that’s probably a good thing since sports fans everywhere will be paying attention to the. Another mediocre showing for us last week as... Published 9/27/2007 at.. e dominance. '02 Marlins not so much. If the Rockies make the playoffs this year. I'm absolutely not going to denigrate their accomplishment even though the Cubs. D-Backs. Phillies. Brewers. Padres and Mets all look completely terrified to have to play baseball games right now. But. I'm also not going to be having a temporarily down league used as a rationalization for (further) payroll slashes. The Rockies should be trying to build the beat baseball team they can. When (if) they reach that goal there shouldn't be a string of qualifiers at the end involving quirky playoff seeds and the roll Subdivision. I'm almost terrified to create verbally anything substantive about the aggroup as it presently stands. I'm not so much afraid that I will jinx the team and then get blamed for it. There aren't enough diehard Rockies fans to really cause much of a ripple. Honestly. I just don't want to have to get angry at myself. It's amazing fun when your team is in a pennant go even a watered-down. ... Published 9/28/2007 by Gilbert at.. about in the NL West. East and the wild separate can’t happen anymore. It’s not because the teams moved farther apart from each other — of the 5 involved only the Mets lost on Thursday. ... Published 9/28/2007 by Tommy at... If you’re still reeling from the. I came across this tool which can visualize any go divisional or otherwise going back through history. It would be alter if it could do an x/y plot instead of a simple measure interpret but it’s still pretty nifty. ... Published 9/29/2007 by Mark Townsend at.. iness. Or. Tony Gwynn Jr s heroics could follow the Padre franchise for as desire as his father carried them. I don t be to get out Ryan Braun. Prince Fielder and Vinny Rottino either. Thanks for your back up in the 11th inning. Redman Walking It takes special and unexpected contributions to get where the Rockies find themselves. The performance of Mark Redman falls under the unexpected category. He wasn t what you d call dominant measure night but he controlled the damage and watched his offense arrange up the run support. It s the Josh Fogg laws of pitching for the Rockies. That Tulowitzki guy hit a Grand Slam too. He s pretty good. Playoff scenarios There could be one game playoffs in the NL East and the NL Wild Card. I can handle the simplicity of that. However there also remains the possibility that four teams. Colorado. San Diego. NY Mets and Philadelphia could all end up with 88 wins. For an explanation on how that plays out. I have in mind you to ESPN baseball sage. ... Published 9/30/2007 by Mets2Moon at.. are going up against a Marlins aggroup that has little to play for but they are facing one tough cookie in Dontrelle Willis who has always been hard on the Mets. Tom Glavine is battle tested and has proven measure and again to be a big bet pitcher. But the Mets really undergo to come out with the same chip on their bring up that Lastings Milledge spoke about after the bet Saturday. Get ahead and keep the foot on the gas don't let up until the bet is over. Because a loss and it's all moot and all the bad feelings and the snide remarks and the collapse is still there. Philly has a tough matchup of their own with ageless Jamie Moyer taking the mound for them. And that's not even taking into account the Wildcard scenarios and San Diego and Colorado and. ... Published 2 days ago by Michael Rand at.. when compared. Mostly though he is just happy. “Some of my most pressing questions that have been plaguing me for years undergo found answers!” Seriously we don’t experience how many times over the years Rocket has said. “OK when are we going to write to Major League Baseball and get answers to this tiebreaker question.” It’s a charge off everyone’s shoulders. *And finally. ...

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It’s finally here.  The moment we’ve all been waiting for since Sunday night and probably longer.  Playoff baseball has arrived and the excitement is already booming after the Rockies’ wild victory over the Padres in Monday’s NL Wildcard tiebreaker.  With the playoff rosters pitching probables and division series matchups now set it’s measure for the final re-create of the pre-game period: prediction time! We’ll start with the American unify whose postseason representatives are — in request of seeding — the Boston Red Sox the Cleveland Indians the Los Angeles Angels and the New York Yankees.  In the opening go the BoSox square off against the Halos while the Tribe meets the Bombers.  While the former series will likely be decided pitching since both Boston and Anaheim undergo superior staffs the offensive firepower shared by the two teams in the latter affair should filter their solid pitching and make for a nice contrast to the former. The Red Sox as the top overall aggroup in the American League undergo home field advantage throughout the playoffs which means that winning this series will be challenging for the Angels who have the worst road record of all the AL playoff teams at 40-41.  However. Anaheim is a very solid team in terms of pitching and offense and the Halos match up well with the Red Sox on cover because of their superlative running bet. Boston’s lineup is as healthy and productive heading into the playoffs as it has been in awhile.  Not only did David Ortiz finish the toughen with a phenomenal September but the formerly slumping J. D. Drew also hit.342/.454/.618 measure month.  Drew’s success ordain be particularly important to Boston in this series because all of the Angels’ projected starting pitchers — John Lackey. Kelvim Escobar and Jered Weaver — are righthanded while he hits from the left align.  The same goes for Big Papi. The Red Sox starting rotation though might be a bigger question attach heading into the series though few expected it to be earlier on in the season.  Game 1 starter bait Beckett ended the regular toughen with a mediocre effort against the Twins suffering his seventh loss of the season by allowing five runs in six innings of ten-hit ball.  And bet 2 starter Daisuke Matsuzaka has also struggled recently posting a bloated 7.62 ERA in September despite finishing with a strong outing against those same Twins.  However both Beckett and Matsuzaka undergo distinct advantages heading into their starts against Anaheim: the former is 1-0 with a 1.38 ERA in two starts against the Angels this toughen while the latter has never faced them (almost always a beneficial thing for the pitcher) and should acquire from their aggressive style at the coat.  Game 3 starter Curt Schilling is also a potential question mark because of his inability to touch batters out on a consistent basis. But of greater concern to the Red Sox should be their inability to neutralize opposing base-stealers.  On the toughen the BoSox allowed 107 stolen bases to their opponents while throwing-out just 23 percent of attempted thieves.  The Angels meanwhile swiped more bases than any other playoff aggroup this season utilizing the speed of Chone Figgins. Reggie Willits and others to nab 139 bags. The Angels however need to be a bit concerned about their ability to score runs against the Red Sox’s pitching which held them to a.260/.307/.401 line in 342 add up at-bats this season.  Conversely. Boston teed-off of Anaheim’s arms to the tune of.290/.364/.452 and absolutely mauled their ace John Lackey collecting 20 hits in 9.2 innings off the righthander en route to a gaudy.408 average and 10 runs over that stretch.  That discrepancy between the teams’ success against each other’s pitching should be the Angels’ greatest worry heading in. In the bullpen both the Red Sox and the Angels are fairly strong though Boston’s relief staff is deeper than Anaheim’s.  Though Hideki Okajima and Eric Gagne are challenge marks the Red Sox have one of the top closers in baseball in Jonathan Papelbon and another quality setup man in Manny Delcarmen.  The Angels too have a superb closer in Francisco Rodriguez but their primary setup man. Scot Shields has been awful since the All-Star Break (7.36 ERA. 1.81 beat).  If veterans Justin Speier and Darren Oliver continue to pitch well the bullpens are just about even but if they do not. Boston has a alter edge here also. An intriguing matchup in many ways but especially in that it pits Murderer’s Row against two of the beat starting pitchers in the American League.  The Yankees’ lineup has been unstoppable for the exceed move of two months now while the Indians’ front-two of C. C. Sabathia and Fausto Carmona has been virtually impenetrable since the All-Star Break.  Something’s got to give and that’s precisely where the fun begins. The powerful depth of the Yankees’ lineup is well-known.  From top to bottom and every hitter in between there’s a blend of power go and all the other components of run production.  Alex Rodriguez likely a shoo-in for AL MVP honors is the fasten of the most productive lineup in baseball but he’s only one of many hitters to be feared. The Indians’ own lineup however is not too shabby either.  Travis Hafner. Jhonny Peralta. Ryan Garko. Grady Sizemore and Victor Martinez certainly aren’t Alex Rodriguez. Hideki Matsui. Jorge Posada. Derek Jeter and Robinson Cano but they’re still more than capable of holding their own in a slugfest. But hitting is only half the story.  On the pitching side the Indians and Yankees are both strong.  If the Yanks have the advance in the hitting department then it’s safe to assume that the Tribe holds the favor on the mound.  C. C. Sabathia and Fausto Carmona each won 19 games this toughen and while the former is the favorite to win the Cy Young allocate the latter compiled an American League-best 3.06 ERA this toughen. The Yankees’ front-two of Chien-Ming Wang and Andy Pettitte is also very solid but it just doesn’t stack-up against that of the Indians.  Wang too won 19 games this season but his 3.70 overall ERA and 1.40 post-All feature Break beat are far inferior to Sabathia’s and Carmona’s.  However the young Taiwanese righthander is excellent at keeping the ball on the ground and that can pay huge dividends in the playoffs.  Pettitte was credited on many occasions with contributing heavily to the Yankees’ turnaround and deservedly so as his 6-0. 2.36 ERA August keyed New York’s ascent up the standings.  11-3 since the All-Star end. Pettitte is a quality pitcher and one with a mountain of postseason experience. In the bullpens unlike the lineups and starting rotations there are challenge marks.  In terms of ERA the Indians’ relief corps ranked sixth in the majors with a 3.73 attach while the Yankees’ posted a 4.35 — just 22nd in baseball.  However there’s much behind those numbers. For one at the back-end of their bullpens both the Tribe and the Bombers undergo issues.  Though Cleveland and New York each undergo superior setup men in Rafael Betancourt and Joba Chamberlain their closers have been shaky at times this toughen. The Indians’ Joe Borowski might have saved 45 games this season but he nearly gave Cleveland fans.

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Braves Update: in Tuesday's 4-3 win over the Florida Marlins on Tuesday. Reyes pitched five innings allowing only three hits and one earned run but his night could have gone differently if not for a spectacular catch by Andruw Jones to perserve the Braves change state 4-3 bring about. The Braves didn't just use their gloves they also used their bats picking up 12 hits and four runs all scored with two outs to get their fifth straight win. The Braves complete their three game series with the Fish tonight at 7:35 PM/est on FSN. Braves Notes: Don't forget to vote for Chipper Jones for the Hank Aaron Award which celebrates excellence at the plate. .. who had returned to the booth after battling health problems earlier this month.. after playing for the AAA-Richmond Braves in Oklahoma City earlier this week. Baseball Update:With toughen nearing a close a 1 1/2 game lead is the largest in the NL. As such. I'll be dedicating a divide of the communicate to Baseball news & notes until the final game of the world sereis. Baseball Notes: The Boston Red Sox and New York Mets are competing for this years biggest choker award after the and the. The Mets had previously held a 40 minute players only meeting but that didn't stop them from blowing a 7-3 loss. I guess they'll be shaving their heads again. Poor Shawn color.. after beating the Astros 9-1 on Tuesday but they did it after ace Ben Sheets left in the second inning with tightness in his leg.. in the Detroit Tigers 7-4 loss to the Cleveland Indians. Stick a lift in them they're done.. for their first inning antics during the Rangers and A's Sunday game. Padilla threw a pitch that struck Swisher sending Swisher charging towards the forge. Padilla received a seven game suspension while Swisher got three games... this time it was for only two games for arguing a called third strike on Saturday. Popo in my cheat News:University of Montana cornerback Jimmy Wilson pleaded not guilty to murder charges stemming from the June 3rd death of Wilson's aunt's 29 year old boyfriend Kevin I. Smoot. Wilson is also charged with Watch out Jimmy. News & Notes: The deal which would provide much needed back up at the QB position... Not to be out done the to a two year deal just in time for the Boys bet against Johnson's former employer the Chicago Bears.. after Saturday's on field fight in Cleveland.. which would create a more balanced schedule... And finally. . analyse this out: So I experience a couple of months ago a swore off the CW but I've dress my object and it's all because of a little show called "speak Girl" which premieres tonight at 9 PM/est after "America's Next Top copy." To get a walk catch of the show move. Here at PIMC we try to furnish you the latest in sports news including daily updates on the Atlanta Braves. NASCAR and celebrity arrests. Let's be honest who doesn't love a little public intoxication. Don't be afraid to leave some comments below.

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Tied. That’s the current status of the National League East division standings where the Philadelphia Phillies undergo overcome all kinds of pitching woes to chase down the New York Mets with only three games remaining in the regular season. The two teams are on opposite ends of the momentum spectrum entering the season’s final weekend: Philadelphia has won two games in a row and ten of its last thirteen; the Mets have dropped four straight to the suddenly-surging Nationals and the lowly Cardinals. Now knotted atop the standings at 87-72 the teams’ compete over the next three games will likely cause the division back. At game time tomorrow the compel ordain be squarely on the Mets’ shoulders particularly on those of scheduled starter. Willie Randolph’s team finishes the toughen with a three-game domiciliate series against the Florida Marlins who come to New York in a spoiling mood after sweeping the Chicago Cubs. The good news for the Mets is that they’re 10-5 against Florida this toughen and that they’re facing who has allowed 17 runs in his last 14 innings on Friday. The bad news is … come up any Mets fan can express you that the aggroup is playing absolutely horrible baseball alter now particularly on the pitching side. How does a 7.06 team ERA over the past week sound? That’s bad enough to keep the Mets at 3-4 over the measure seven days despite the fact that they’ve scored more runs (49) than any team in baseball over that stretch. On the Phillies’ end things are looking promising. They too finish the season at domiciliate hosting the Nationals who as mentioned are hardly being generous to their division rivals. However. Charlie Manuel’s team did take three of four from the Nats in the nation’s capital last weekend and the Phils undergo their ace on the mound for Friday’s opener. With two MVP candidates in their lineup in middle-infielders and plus a whole host of other sluggers backing them up offense is hardly a concern for the Citizens Bank squad. Rather the affect for Philadelphia is its bullpen which has been charged with 23 losses this season while compiling a 4.49 aggregate ERA — the sixth-worst attach in baseball. But if the offense can act advantage of a porous Nationals’ pitching cater it could be smooth sailing for the Phillies as they seek to interpret either the NL East crown or the Wildcard call. Back to the Mets. A week ago they were all but assured of making the playoffs with giving them an 88.6 percent shot at winning the division and a 96 percent chance of playing in October. Now the Mets’ odds of just making the postseason have tumbled nearly 20 percent to a three-in-four chance of taking the East or the Wildcard. The primary cerebrate: the Phils aren’t the only team chasing them down; the Rockies — winners of 10 consecutive games — and the Padres are both charging hard for the Wildcard. A week ago the Mets were as popular a pick as any to win the National League pennant. Now they’re a misstep away from watching the postseason from home. With advantageous pitching matchups awaiting them this weekend it’s hard to imagine that the Mets might miss the postseason altogether. On the other transfer. New York’s own pitching has been so hittable lately that anything is possible. One thing is certain: the Marlins and Nationals will pay their weekends trying their best to void their division rivals’ tickets to the postseason. The playoff fates of the top two teams in the National League East rest in the hands of the bottom two. This entry was posted on Thursday. September 27th. 2007 at 11:40 pmand is filed under. . You can follow any responses to this entry through the feed. You can or from your own place. I can’t rest the fact that everything you said holds so much be. Watching from home would be just as painful as it was after watching them lose the NLCS is such make. These next three games for the Mets will determine more than just the toughen; It ordain also determine the manager for next year. I evaluate the Mets and Cubs are both in the process of disappearing… without a trace. As to ‘why’ the Mets and/or Willie Randolph would be subject to the Kruel Kontrol of the Karma-Karma-Karma-Karma-Karma Khameleon in such a horrifying manner ~ I have no idea. As for the Cubs both the team and their fans have to this day never let Steve Bartman ‘off the hook’ for his unpardonable sin of reaching for a hit pop-up. (Never object the end mental and physical meltdown which followed.) Which is exactly ‘why’ it is entirely fitting it would be the Florida Marlins. AGAIN who we may ultimately undergo to thank for keeping this playoff pretender out of the mix. If Chicago sports fans want to blame all their woes on the ‘man’ ~ they should at least identify the ‘man’ who most deserves their scorn. Let’s see now other than Bartman what other ‘man’ comes to mind? Until Cubbie Nation stops blaming curses bewitch color cats and all varieties of goat including “billy” and “scape” for not achieving success in the post-season… XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <img alt="" reorient="" adjoin="" class="" style="" float="" height="" hspace="" longdesc="" vspace="" src="" width=""> <code> <em> <i> <touch> <strong>

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SLIDING IN: The Red Sox this morning sit exactly where they sat when we last spoke three mornings ago: On top of the A. L. East. 1 1/2 games ahead of the Yankees with a one-game lead in the loss column. But one difference is that there are three fewer games left to play which is big at this measure of year. Another far more important difference is that thanks to Saturday night's win against the displease Rays. (projo com) So now says Sean McAdam comes the balancing act they'll undergo to perform in the season's final week: They took a go backward in both races yesterday -- despite another stolen base from Jacoby Ellsbury (above. WHO CARES WHAT I be? THIS IS WHAT I WANT!! If Terry Francona was listening to his fan base. (Boston tell) BUT AT WHAT COST? Optimally the Sox would undergo their full lineup available for the final week and beyond. But there's comfort no real go go out. (projo com) THE LEGEND OF JOBA: Joba Chamberlain continues to fling his way into the hearts of the denizens of Yankee Universe. Yesterday he recorded his first deliver. (New York Daily News) comfort ON THE PAD: The ailing Roger Clemens (hamstring) has been pushed back another day in the rotation meaning Andy Pettitte against Toronto. (New York Post) LAY OFF HIM: Joe Torre's bullpen usage has attracted criticism from many quarters -- including this one -- but he has a defender. CAN YOU SPELL T-A-M-P-E-R-I-N-G? Alex Rodriguez and his agent. Scott Boras that Boras has already spoken with the prospective new owners of the Cubs about a 10-year. $300 million assure for potential free-agent-to-be A-Rod a deal that includes eventual ownership lay on the line in the franchise. (Newsday) To read the magazine piece (written by Deadspin com's Wil Leitch). . A. L. RACES: The traditional races are over as by finally beating the Mariners (Riverside Press-Enterprise) and by beating the A's (Akron Beacon-Journal). The newer race for the wild separate is virtually over though the Tigers' heart is comfort beating -- barely -- after. (Detroit remove Press) The hidden race for playoff seeding ordain act on all week; at the moment the Red Sox. Indians and Angels are separated by a half-game with the Yankees lurking on the outside. is in and seven teams be within 3 1/2 games of a playoff spot. The Mets are breathing easier in the East; they (New York Post) and now continue approve to New York for the final week of the toughen with a 2 1/2-game bring about because the Phillies. (Philadelphia Inquirer) The Phils are comfort only a half-game out in the wild-card scrum because the Padres (San Diego Union-Tribune) which pulled Colorado. (Denver affix) And the Braves are comfort alive as come up as they moved to 3 1/2 back of San Diego. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) It was a loss Milwaukee manager Ned Yost (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel) which could be frustration talking and could be because increasing their bring about over the Brewers to 3 1/2 and dropping their magic number for clinching the Central to four. (Chicago Sun-Times) In the West meanwhile the Diamondbacks couldn't act favor of the Padres' walk (Arizona Republic) keeping their lead at 2 1/2. A MAN OF PRINCIPLES: Felipe Alou works for the Giants so he didn't evaluate it was right to travel to nearby Miami to check son Moises play the Marlins yesterday. (New York Times) ''It’s kind of awkward when you’re working for another team change surface if it’s your son,'' Felipe said. LET THE BIDDING BEGIN: On Friday it was announced that Barry Bonds. (San Francisco Chronicle) The words had barely reached cyberspace when Rangers manager Ron Washington. (Dallas Morning News) COOPERSTOWN. HERE I go: The next measure he whiffs. Ryan Howard (Philadelphia Inquirer) a preserve set just three years ago by Adam Dunn. MLB com notes the Howard put on a late rush to overtake Dunn; . NOTHING BUT BLUE SKIES DO I SEE: Joe Maddon thinks the displease Rays are alter on the cusp. (St. Petersburg Times) AND HERE'S HOW THOSE SKIES ARE GOING TO TURN color: By overpaying for many free agents preferably clients of Scott Boras. At least that's. (St. Petersburg Times) DO AS I SAY. NOT AS I DID: Astros interim manager (and former Red Sox first baseman) Cecil Cooper gets animated on the subject of walks -- specifically his pitchers walking opposing batters -- because (Houston Chronicle) Interesting comments from a man whose lone weakness during a prominent big-league go keeping his lifetime on-base percentage at a so-so.337 despite a sterling career batting add up of.298. TOBACCO ADDICTION: Terry Francona -- who lost Larry Lucchino's challenge to refrain from chewing tobacco this toughen -- and Curt Schilling are mentioned in this about how many players are addicted to snuff. Our own Steven Krasner did an award-winning series on the dangers of tobacco in baseball about 10 years ago. QUICKLY: With the Tigers needing the miracle of miracles to overtake the Yankees and get into the playoffs they've decided (Detroit News) . Mark Buerhle and the Chicago Sun-Times says it's because he won a bet with the White Sox: If he nabbed a feature on a hunt with teammates Jim Thome. Jermaine Dye and A. J. Pierzynski he wouldn't undergo to pitch again. He did and the Chisox kept their word. The Tigers if the Orioles decide to act him (Detroit News) . The Pirates reportedly ordain name (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) . C. J. Wilson is making his fling (Dallas Morning News) . Jay Mariotti is proud that the Columbia Journalism analyse (Chicago Sun-Times). OLD FRIENDS: Ex-NESN announcer Debbie Wrobleski now known as Debbie Taylor in the Tina Cervasio role. (label of the bet blog) STILL ON THE PAD: The ailing Roger Clemens (hamstring) has been pushed back another day in the rotation meaning Andy Pettitte will go away tonight against Toronto. (New York Post) The bet has been moved to 1:05 today. I just heard on the morning show Fan590 that Burnett has left the team for personal reasons today and Litsch ordain face Pettitte instead.